Shut Up. Raise the Debt Ceiling

Shut Up. Raise the Debt Ceiling

Americans, particularly young Americans are tired of the debt ceiling noise. We just want to be and stay employed.

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Washington is obsessed with the debt ceiling. Barack Obama and John Boehner are dueling debt solutions over prime time networks. Barack Obama is making one last vain attempt to convince the American people of their potential for greatness. John Boehner is belittling and refuting each of his solutions. No one is reaching an agreement.

Americans, particularly young Americans are tired of the noise. We just want to be and stay employed.

This video was produced by the Roosevelt Campus Network, an invaluable student policy organization that engages new generations in a unique form of progressive activism that empowers young people as leaders and promotes their ideas for change.

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